Socratic Meditations

Rightness in the way of desire:
knowing what is good for you.
Rightness in the way of a belief:
mastering what is truly before you.

Know yourself and do what you will.
"Master thyself then others shall ye bear." (E.P.)

Knowledge is the learning that lasts.
Power is a freedom that grows.

See also: "Discipline and Freedom"

Children naturally resent being treated like children.
Why do adults demand it?

We're ever ready to accuse our politicians of corruption,
but reticent to suggest that our scientists are confused.

I once made a map
of all the bridges
I have burned. Then
I burned the map.

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Alt. take:

Let us make a map
of the all the bridges
we have burned. Then
let us burn the map.

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Alt. take:

I once made a map
of all the bridges
I have burned. Today
I burned the map.

道可道，非常道
名可名，非常名

The way that can be followed isn't actually the way.

The name you can call it by isn't actually its name.